Tilapia Farming at Home

“I currently have in my backyard, a facility that I designed and built myself, that is capable of producing about 2000 pounds of tilapia per year. That is over 38 pounds of fish per week!

“These are the 500 gallon pools; the big 5000 gallon tank and the 400 gallon ‘catch of the day’ tank are on the other side of the storage sheds. Check out the tomato plants on the left, the fruit bearing banana in the center, and the papaya right in front of it. What you don’t see are the red onions, the pineapple, the chilli peppers, the red and green bell peppers, the thyme, parsley, greek oregano, sugar cane, and cilantro plants. Outside I have Mandarin oranges, Valencia oranges, grapefruit, Japanese plum, cassava (yuca), and blackberry plants.”

Good job!! I am about to start farming soon, we are going to grow fruits and veggies soon. using ebb and flow aquaponics.
if you were to sell some (live) fish how much would you want?
I live in So. California.

I love the idea and I’ve been trying to think of a way to make a little profit from my small acreage – this would be great. But I do have uncomfortable feelings about raising food in a container lined with whatever kind of plastic those pools are lined with. I’d investigate some way to build them out of something inert and food-safe, maybe some kind of PVC… it would cost more initially but I’d feel a lot safer about it.